Back for a post. And this time to document something exciting. Chris proposed to me off of a horse carriage in the cobblestone streets of Old Montreal this weekend. The man continues to sweep me off my feet and I love him and everything about him to absolute pieces. I also love this blog because it really has become a journal of my life since 2009, capturing everything from the minute details to the extremely special moments like these, all in words and photographs. Life just got that much more awesome (and busy). Wedding plans shall be in full swing (along with the million other things I’m trying to take on). I’m so, so, so excited for the future. I am so happy.

I am also absolutely fascinated by everything that I am learning at school and wish that I can tell you all about it. I’m pressed for time pretty much all the time and have to rush through these posts more often than not, but I hope to get around to it somehow. I’ll also come back to tell the romantic proposal story in more detail when I’ve got more time. In the mean time, I wanted to quickly get this up ASAP while it’s fresh and in the moment. :) I’ve got permanent butterflies in my stomach!

I finished my homework sooner than expected, so here’s another post! :) (For Circle of Life series.)

Missing in action, I know. Once again, I’m trying to do a million things at once. I’m so sad that I haven’t been able to post consistently. Classes have started back up and my life is yet again chaotic, so new posts will be slow to come around. What counts is that I’m posting today. :) On a brighter note, my Etsy Shop is 3 sales away from breaking 500! I’m super excited! Sales could be a lot better but I suppose I have no right to complain seeing as I don’t even blog consistently anymore. There is a shortage in time and effort there! Anyways, happy mid-September! I’ll post again next week.

I hope your long weekend was as lovely as mine. Adding this to my Circle of Life series.Chris and I watched 7 horror movies this weekend. We are so desensitized. Nothing is scary anymore.

Just a quick follow-up to this post. My CrashPlan back-up has finally been completed. 528 GB later. It took about 4 weeks – very, very slow turle-pace upload process but very pleased that it’s all done and safe in the cloud. I haven’t been feeling too healthy lately and actually feel a little bit malnutrition-ed. My body is crying out. I’ve been in high stress mode since last October and you really don’t even realize when your body is taking a toll. I’ve been chugging water and vitamins the past week and have been trying to eat healthier. I got a blood test done and can’t wait for the results to come in so that I can go on and fix whatever is deficient. Need to get strong again.

I got busy doing other things that I abandoned the blog for 10 days. What a shame. Back again though.

It’s crazy how quickly the weeks pass. I feel like I’ve only skipped a few days of blog posts when it has actually been a week since the last one. Anyway, final grades for the summer semester have been published and I cleared an A+ in Financial Accounting and an A- in Organizational Behaviour – awesome much? I worked so hard and basically hated my life, but it was all worth it. The whirlwind starts all over again in September though. BUT, at the very least, I’ve read up to Chapter 7 of the Managerial Finance textbook getting a head start and keeping stress levels under control… (lol). I realize I sound like a gigantic nerd but it’s the truth so there’s no shame there. My classes are in Toronto next term, so I’m looking forward to the change in scenery.

I’m getting into another show called Luther. It’s really, really good. I ditched Sons of Anarchy – it kind of sucks after a while.

Last chance to enter the Canon EOS 70D Fantasy Kit Contest, so get those entries in. The contest closes at 11:59PM tonight.

So play along!

I became rather obsessed with circuses after watching Water for Elephants a couple of years ago. So in the summer of 2011, I went to the Shrine Circus and took this photo, one of my top sellers to date. A few weekends ago, Chris and I were on the highway and a circus top came into sight, completely out of the blue. It was the Shrine Circus again. The sky was perfectly blue with just the right amount of clouds, so as you’d expect, I felt the need to seize the opportunity for a 2013 re-shoot and re-edit. We took the next exit and found the circus. Here’s the second rendition of the circus top. :)

I’ve been good with posting a photo a day just the way the blog should be. But come September when the Fall semester begins, it’ll all slow down again. Boo.

I’ll have to dedicate this post to my friend Sarah because she loves sunflower fields and Chris and I stumbled upon one on our aimless road trip on Saturday. It was quite the pleasant surprise. Sunflower fields are hard to come by around here – I think this was a corn field the year before. The beautiful long weekend has come and gone and it was a seriously awesome one. We must have gone through three tanks of gas driving all over the Southwestern Ontario countryside. (I used to think that I was a half-rural, half-city girl but I’ve been erring more on the rural side as of late. The countryside is just amazing.) We’re back to the grind tomorrow but am very much looking forward to it. There are a ton of exciting projects in the funnel that I can’t wait to get my hands on.

On a final note, I am absolutely hooked on Orange is the New Black and just finished the first season with one of the most intense finales I’ve ever seen. The second season isn’t airing until 2014 and that just gives me anxiety. I can’t wait that long! It’s a fabulous show – check it out on Netflix.

When I was in the Netherlands, my favourite thing of all were the beautiful old windmills. They were everywhere. Like this. Absolutely GORGEOUS. I’m going to try to head out to Huron County in Bayfield this weekend to get to a Holland-inspired windmill right here in Ontario. Happy long weekend!